Enhanced reliability by waveform analysis in 5G/6G communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12476746-B2
Application number	US-202318499998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2023
Priority date	Sep 6, 2022
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

Corrupted messages in 5G and 6G are usually discarded, leading to a retransmission with its added costs, delays, and background generation. Therefore, disclosed herein are methods for a wireless receiver to determine which message elements are faulted, and in many cases to correct them, based on parameters of the waveform signal in each message element. Multiple parameters may be combined for better sensitivity to the fault condition. For example, the indicator parameters may be the modulation deviation of each message element, its amplitude or phase noise level, characteristic interference patterns between symbol-times, a polarization anomaly, a frequency offset, or combinations of these. After localizing the likely faulted message elements, the receiver may be able to recover the message by correcting the waveform signal or the demodulation value, thereby saving time and energy at near zero cost.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for a wireless receiver to correct a corrupted message, the method comprising:
a) receiving a message and determining that the message includes at least one faulted message element, wherein each message element comprises a single resource element of a resource grid, each message element comprising a waveform signal, the waveform signal modulated according to a modulation scheme comprising Nstate allowed modulation states; b) determining at least two waveform parameters of each message element; c) determining, according to the at least two waveform parameters, a signal quality of each message element; d) selecting a selected message element having a lowest signal quality; e) replacing the selected message element with a different modulation state of the Nstate modulation states; f) determining whether the message, including the selected message element so replaced, is corrupted; wherein the modulation scheme comprises phase modulation according to Nstate equally-spaced predetermined phase levels; wherein the determining a signal quality of each message element comprises: a) determining a closest phase level, of the predetermined phase levels, to a phase of the waveform; b) determining a phase deviation comprising a magnitude of a difference between the phase of the waveform of the message element and the closest phase level; and c) further determining the signal quality of each message element according to the phase deviation of each message element.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is received according to 5G or 6G technology.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the message, including the selected message element so replaced, is corrupted when the message, including the selected message element so replaced, or a hash or digest thereof, disagrees with an error-detection code associated with the message.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the message, including the selected message element so replaced, is corrupted when the message, including the selected message element so replaced, includes at least one out-of-range or illegal value.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the message, including the selected message element so replaced, is corrupted when the message, including the selected message element so replaced, has an illegal form or format.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the further determining the signal quality of each message element according to the phase deviation of each message element comprises:
a) determining a width of a distribution of the phase deviations; b) for each message element, determining a ratio comprising the phase deviation of the message element divided by the width of the distribution of the phase deviations; and c) further determining, according to the ratio, the signal quality of each message element.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a) for each message element, measuring a plurality of phase values of the waveform of the message element, each phase value measured at a different time within the resource element of the message element; a) for each message element, determining a width of a distribution of the measured phase values; and b) further determining the signal quality of the message element according to the width of the distribution of the measured phase values.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a) for each message element, determining a plurality of amplitude values of the waveform of the message element, each amplitude value measured at a different time within the resource element the message element; b) for each message element, determining a width of a distribution of the measured amplitude values; and c) further determining the signal quality of the message element according to the width of the distribution of the measured amplitude values.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a) for each message element, combining the two or more parameters, or values derived therefrom, of the message element; and b) determining, from a maximum or minimum of the combination, which message element is most likely to be faulted.

10 . Non-transitory computer-readable media in a wireless receiver, the non-transitory computer-readable media containing instruction that, when executed by a computing environment, cause a method to be performed, the method comprising:
a) using a modulation scheme comprising amplitude modulation according to integer Namp predetermined amplitude levels and phase modulation according to integer Nphase predetermined phase levels; b) receiving a message comprising message elements, each message element comprising a single resource element of a resource grid comprising symbol-times in time and subcarriers in frequency, each message element comprising a waveform signal; c) determining that the message is corrupted; d) for each message element, measuring a waveform amplitude and a waveform phase comprising the waveform signal; e) for each message element, comparing the waveform amplitude to the Namp predetermined amplitude levels, and determining an amplitude deviation comprising a difference between the waveform amplitude and a closest predetermined amplitude level; f) for each message element, comparing the waveform phase to the Nphase predetermined phase levels, and determining a phase deviation comprising a difference between the waveform phase and a closest predetermined phase level; g) determining, according to the amplitude deviation and the phase deviation, a signal quality of each message element; and h) determining a particular message element having a lowest signal quality, is faulted.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , the method further comprising:
a) for each of the Namp predetermined amplitude levels, determining a subset of the message elements wherein the predetermined amplitude level is closest to the waveform amplitude, thereby determining Namp subsets; b) for each subset, calculating an average amplitude of the waveform amplitudes of message elements in the subset, thereby determining Namp average amplitudes of the Namp subsets; c) for each message element, determining an amplitude differential between the waveform amplitude of the message element and the average amplitude of the subset; and d) further determining the signal quality of each message element according to the amplitude differential of the message element.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , the method further comprising:
a) for each of the Nphase predetermined phase levels, determining a subset of the message elements wherein the predetermined phase level is closest to the waveform phase, thereby determining Nphase subsets; b) for each subset, calculating an average phase of the waveform phases of message elements in the subset, thereby determining Nphase average phases of the Nphase subsets; c) for each message element, determining a phase differential between the waveform phase of the message element and the average phase of the subset; and d) further determining the signal quality of each message element according to the phase differential of the message element.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , the method further comprising:
a) determining, according to the Nphase average phases, a phase rotation angle; and b) subtracting the phase rotation angle from the waveform phase of each message element.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , the met

Assignees

• Newman David E
• Massengill R Kemp

Inventors

• Newman David E
• Massengill R Kemp

Classifications

• H04L1/201

  Frame classification, e.g. bad, good or erased (frame indication per se H04L1/0082) · CPC title

• H04L1/0061

  Error detection codes · CPC title

• H04L1/0045

  Arrangements at the receiver end · CPC title

• H04L1/206 Primary

  for modulated signals · CPC title

• H04L27/3809 Primary

  Amplitude regulation arrangements · CPC title